Literature
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"Hey! Gula!" an unmistakably cute voice shouted, interrupting Maisee's conversation with her friends. With a roll of her eyes, she turned towards the speaker and cocked her head to one side in a gesture of condescending innocence. Ryeleigh and Felishia also turned to see Missy standing across the plaza, barely contained rage visible in her one good eye, the other covered with an eye patch. “Yes gula, I'm talking to you,” continued Missy, maintaining her distance across the plaza. “Today my honour will be restored!” Ryeleigh saw Maisee drop the innocent act almost immediately, her expression quickly changing to one of annoyed boredom. With a sigh, Maisee replied, “again? How many attempts to 'restore your honour' will this be?” For all she milked the cute act for all it was worth, Maisee's tongue was sharp once her patience had been exhausted, “thirty times? Forty? Or is it fifty already? Are you that eager to get another beating because Maisee is not eager to give it to you. Maisee